Renoir

[ ren-wahr, ren-wahr; French ruh-nwar ]

/ ˈrɛn wɑr, rɛnˈwɑr; French rəˈnwar /

noun

Jean

[zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/, 1894–1979, French film director and writer.

his fatherPierre Au·guste

[pyer oh-gyst] /pyɛr oʊˈgüst/, 1841–1919, French painter.

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Examples from the Web for renoir

Picasso's a genius, Matisse is great and Renoir has fabulous moments (if not in the mass of pink nudes at the Barnes).
An Einstein Eye|Blake Gopnik|May 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He also served as the pipeline between the moneyed class and a variety of Impressionists: Cezanne, Renoir, Degas, and Seurat.
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We first met at her Georgetown mansion, filled with stunning Impressionist art: Renoir, Picasso, Degas.
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They create a world equal to the worlds of Renoir or Hitchcock or Fellini.
Frederick Wiseman's Best Scenes|Errol Morris|November 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST

He paints phenomena as transitory as the shades of expression in Renoir.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 3 (of 4)|Richard Muther
Brent Taber pulled at his ear and stared at a Renoir on the wall of Entman's drawing room without seeing it.
Ten From Infinity|Paul W. Fairman
His palette glows with the sweet, limpid tints of a Monet or a Pissaro or a Renoir.
Musical Portraits|Paul Rosenfeld
The recognition of the artistic necessity for linear rhythm led Renoir to search for it in others than Courbet.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning|Willard Huntington Wright
In consequence Renoir blossomed forth free from aggressive influences, knowing his own limitations and possibilities.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning|Willard Huntington Wright

British Dictionary definitions for renoir

Renoir

/ (ˈrɛnwɑː, French rənwar) /

noun

Jean (ʒɑ̃). 1894–1979, French film director: his films include La grande illusion (1937), La règle du jeu (1939), and Diary of a Chambermaid (1945)

his father, Pierre Auguste (pjɛr oɡyst). 1841–1919, French painter. One of the initiators of impressionism, he broke away from the movement with his later paintings, esp his many nude studies, which are more formal compositions

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